Sillé-le-Guillaume | |
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Coordinates: 48°11′03″N 0°07′41″W / 48.1842°N 0.1281°WCoordinates: 48°11′03″N 0°07′41″W / 48.1842°N 0.1281°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Sarthe |
Arrondissement | Mamers |
Canton | Sillé-le-Guillaume (chef-lieu) |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays de Sillé |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Marie Hoguet |
Area1 | 12.90 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 2,360 |
• Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 72334 /72140 |
Elevation | 115–260 m (377–853 ft) |
Website | www.sille-le-guillaume.fr |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Sillé-le-Guillaume is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France, named after Guillaume de Sillé.
In the fifteenth century the lord of the manor was Sir John Fastolf of Caister in Norfolk (1380–1459), following the English conquest of Normandy and Maine.